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Letters Patent N 92,083, elated June 29, 1869.

IMPRovEMENT iN WBIGHINGAPPARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pax-t of the same.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Tnoaras MORRISON, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio,l have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Weighing Hogs,.&c.; and I hereby declare the following to be a tull, clear, and exact descl'iption thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ot' this specitication.

This invention relates to a weighilig-apparatus for use in pork-packing houses, where the hogs are transferred from the drying-room to the cutting-block by means ot'an elevated railway and .My improvement consists in providing the railway with a detachable section, that is connected to the weighing-scale in such aimanner that, by simply operating a suitable lever, both the scale and detachable section can be elevated so as to permit the weight ot' the hog being ascertained, it being understood that the hog is suspended from a carriage, or truc-k, which is permitted to run down an inclined portion ot' the said railway, and is detained upon and lifted with the said vdetachable section.

After the weight ot' the hog has been ascertained, the detachable section is lowered so as to be in line with the railway, and the truck to which the hog is suspended is run oli on a track, which is located directly above the the cutting-block.

` In the accon'ipanying drawings- Figure l is a peispective view of a weighiugr-appa-` ratus embodying my improvements, the detachable section heilig in its depressed position, or in line with the stationary portions of the railway, and a hog being shown as suspended from a truck, which is `resting upon 4said detachable section.

Figure 2 is a similar perspectiveview, with the detachable section elevated so as to permit of the hog being weighed;

A represents a stout horizontal beam, which is located near the ceiling ot" the cutting-room; and depending ii'oln this beam are a number ot' rods, B, whose lower ends have attachel to them cross-ties, b,

which support a railway, which is constructed in the following manner:

'Ihe railway consist-s ot'two horizontal tracks, iC C', and two inclined vones, D D', the former being situated above the cutting-benclrE, and the latter portion ot' the track communicating with the 'drying-room of the pork-packing establishment. Y

Interposed between the horizontal portions C C' and inclined-portions D D', ot'- the railway, is a detachable section, F, whose rails, G, are recessed on their upper edges, as shown at g. ln its depressed position, this section F is supported'by bars cand d,in such amanner as to cause its rails G to be coincident with those, C C and l) D', as shown' in iig. l.

'Ihe detachable section F is connected to the scale "oeam H by means of the stirrup I and swivel-coup ling fi.

The scale-beam H, instead of being` pivoted to a, fixed object, is attached, at h, to one end of a lever, J, the latter being fulcrumed to the standard K, at'k.

The lever J is operated by a rope, L, and ring, l.

M is a bar, having, near its lower end, a shoulder, m, against which the lever J impingcs when its long arm is depressed to the position shown in iig. 2.

Resting upon the inclined portions D D', of the railway, is a gravitating-stop, N, which 'serves to arrest the descent ot' thegtrucks O, and this stop can be elevated when desired'by the operator pulling down the hand-ring n.

only one truck at a time descending the inclined railway D D', and running upon the detachable section N.v

Ihe trucksO are supported upon grooved wheels,

I, which are adapted to run `upon either of the tracks hooks, R, upon which-the hogs are hung.

The'operatiou of my weigting-appaiatus is 'as follows:

The carcasses of the hogs are first removed from the drying-room and hung upon the hooks R of the trucks O, when the latter are permitted to descend either ot' the inclined portions D D ot the railway,

their progress is arrested..

so as to permit of one truck descending the rest of the incline, and running upon the tracks G ofthe detachable section F, wheresaid trucks are detained by the rollexs P entering the recesses g, as shown in fig. 1.`

The-operator then pulls down upon the handring l, which act causes the lever J to vibrate upon its pivot 1:, thereby elevating the scale-beam H, stirrup I,'deltachable sectionF G y, and its accompanying truck and carcass.

The detachable section and its load having been thus elevated, the long arm ot' the lever J is engaged under the shoulder ym for a sufficient length of time to allow the weight ot' the hog to be ascertained, as shown in iig. 2.

After the hog has been weighed, the lever J is disengaged li'onfunder the shoulder m, and the beam H, with the section F and the truck 0, are allowed to descend, and the truck is shoved out of the recess g, upon either of the horizontal portions C C' 'of the railway, in which position the carcasses are dropped upon vthc cutting-block E.

The detachable section F being supported upon the `s,.wlvel-coupling I yi, enables said section being rotated in a horizontal plane, whenever it is desired to trans- Per a truck from one of the inclined tracks to the opposite horizontal track, as from D to C, or from D to C'.

In the illustration, my improvements are shown as adapted to a rst-class pork-packing house; but for The object of elevating the stop N is to permit of C C', D D', or G, and said' trucks are provided with until they come in contact withthe stop N, when The operator 'now momentarily elevates said stop,

Azontal trac-l; may be employed, in whichl case the small establishments, only a single inclined and horiswivel-connection I yi may he omitted.

In some cases, the position of the llever J may be reversed, permitting it to be operated by the wegher, thereby dispensing with a. hoyor other assistant.

Vith this weighing-appznatns, one maxi 'and a hoy can do more work than can he performed by a dozen men with the method nsnally employed for weighing hogs in a pork-house, and as no part of the apparatus is concealed, drovers can have the satisfaction of knowin g the exact weight of .their hogs before being cnt up.

I have described my invention as applied to thc vweighingof hogs, but do not propose to limit myself to this single application, as it'is evident that thel apparatus may he employed for weighing various other animals, articles of merchandise, &c.

It is not necessary that one. part of the railwayT should he horizontal and another portion inclined, as shown in the'drawings, as it may be more convenient in 'some establishment-s to make both sections of' the fixed tracks horizontal, or both inclined.

I claim herein as new, and of my invention- The combination and arrangement of the detachu.` ble section F G g and stopN yn with the elevated railtrack, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS lMORRISON.

\Vitnesscs:

SAML. KNIGHT, JAMES A. LAYMAN. 

